James Madison Memorial High School
James Madison Memorial High School is a public high school in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was established in 1966 and is part of the Madison Metropolitan School District.
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201 South Gammon Road , 53717 United States | |
| Coordinates | 43.06374°N 89.50079°W |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1966 |
| School district | Madison Metropolitan School District |
| NCES School ID | 550852000937[1] |
| Principal | Matt Hendrickson |
| Teaching staff | 124.50 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,953 (2018-2019)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.69[1] |
| Color(s) | Green and White |
| Athletics conference | Big Eight Conference |
| Mascot | Bruce the Spartan |
| Newspaper | The Sword and Shield |
| Yearbook | The Olympian |
| Website | jmm |
The school is named after the city of Madison and the 4th president of the United States, James Madison. Casually, the school is referred to by local media or out-state simply as either Madison Memorial or Memorial, in reference to the city rather than James Madison.
Academics
Memorial offers classes ranging from Algebra 1 to Astronomy. Chinese, German, French and Spanish are some of their language classes.[2]
The school also hosts the Madison school district's planetarium and offers an Astronomy class.[3]
Small Learning Communities grant
In 2001, Memorial received a U.S. Department of Education Small Learning Communities federal grant to support a "neighborhood" reorganization.[4] The four neighborhoods are Rock, Wolf, Fox, and Wisconsin .[4]
School newspapers
The official school newspaper is The Sword and Shield and since 2009 has all issues on line located at https://memorialweb.madison.k12.wi.us/node/1652. Independent newspapers, The Spartacus and Aficionado existed at one time, but have all ceased distribution. The Independent was created after the 1990-91 school year by The Sword and Shield staff.
Extracurricular activities
Memorial offers interscholastic sports[5] and extramural activities. The Spartans have won 64 state championships across all sports, ranking third in the state of Wisconsin.
Athletics
Baseball
- 1990 State champion; beat Marinette, 8-7 (9)
- 1992 State champion; beat Oconomowoc, 10-8
Basketball (boys)
Cross country (boys)
Cross country (girls)
- 1980 State champion; beat Neenah, 98-114
- 1984 State champion; beat Neenah, 85-99
Football (boys)
- 1984 State Runners Up; 10w - 2l Current Winningest Team
Golf (boys)
- 1972 State champion; beat Whitefish Bay, 611-618
- 1984 State champion; beat Madison West, 647-649
- 1990 State champion; beat Eau Claire North, 670-686
Golf (girls)
- 1977 State champion; beat Madison West, 710-739
- 1979 State champion; beat Appleton East, 710-728
- 1980 State champion; beat Appleton West, 729-785
Hockey (boys)
- 1976 State champion; beat Superior, 4-3 (3OT)
- 1977 State champion; beat Superior, 3-2 (2OT)
- 1979 State champion; beat Madison East, 3-1
- 1980 State champion; beat Rice Lake, 6-2
- 1985 State champion; beat Stevens Point, 3-1
- 1988 State champion; beat Madison West, 2-0
- 1998 State champion; beat Stevens Point, 4-3 (OT)
- 2000 State champion; beat Wausau West, 4-3
Soccer (boys)
- 2006 State champion; beat Brookfield East, 2-0[10]
Soccer (Girls)
- 1986 State champion; beat Neenah, 1-0
- 1987 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 1-0
Swimming & diving (boys)
- 1980 State champion; beat Whitefish Bay, 112-90
- 1981 State champion; beat Homestead, 148-93
- 1986 State champion; beat Madison West, 260-204
- 1992 State champion; beat Madison West, 296-208
- 1994 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 282-280
- 1996 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 266-238
- 2005 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 269.5-222[11]
- 2006 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 272-245[12]
- 2007 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 257.5-212.5[13]
- 2009 State champion; beat Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights, 200.5-182.5[14]
- 2011 State champion; beat Waukesha South/Catholic Memorial, 234.5-192[15]
- 2012 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 326-234[16]
- 2013 State champion; beat Madison West, 316-206[17]
- 2014 State champion; beat Madison West, 319-216.5[18]
- 2015 State champion; beat Madison West, 350.5-201[19]
- 2016 State champion; beat Madison West, 314-202[20]
Swimming & diving (girls)
- 1970 State champion; beat Menomonee Falls North, 128-121.5
- 1971 State champion; beat Menomonee Falls North, 127.5-116
- 1972 State champion; beat Madison East, 174-118
- 1974 State champion; beat Madison West, 230-179
- 1975 State champion; beat Madison West, 234-168
- 1976 State champion; beat Brookfield Central, 215-132
- 1978 State champion; beat Madison West, 176-153
- 1979 State champion; beat Brookfield Central, 210-114
- 1988 State champion; beat Madison West, 277-212.5
- 1993 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 325.5-311
- 1994 State champion; beat Madison West, 310-5-301.5
- 1999 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 313-242.5[21]
- 2000 State champion; beat Arrowhead, 320.5-236[22]
- 2001 State champion; beat Madison West, 295-267.5[23]
Tennis (girls)
- 1988 State champion; beat Brookfield Central, 30.5-28
Track & field (boys)
- 1970 State champion; tied Racine Case & Whitefish Bay, 14-14
- 1973 State champion; beat Whitefish Bay, 21-18
Track & field (girls)
- 1972 State champion; beat Nicolet, 21-18
- 1973 State champion; beat Madison West, 24-18
- 1977 State champion; tied Madison East, 40-40
- 1979 State champion; beat Janesville Parker & Madison West, 46-30
- 2003 State champion; beat Waukesha West, Hartford, Cudahy & Waukesha Catholic Memorial, 34-25[24]
Notable alumni
- Tyrone Braxton, class of 1983; former NFL safety
- Bill Foster (Illinois politician), class of 1972; physicist and Illinois Congressman[25]
- Daurice Fountain, wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts
- Rick Graf, class 1982; former NFL football linebacker
- Tamara Grigsby, class of 1993; Wisconsin State Assembly
- Ari Herstand, class of 2003; singer-songwriter, author, actor, and blogger [26]
- Jack Ikegwuonu, class of 2004; former NFL cornerback
- Mark Johnson, former NHL player and gold medalist with the US Olympic Men's Hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics; UW-Madison women's hockey coach[27]
- Jennifer Korbee, class of 1998; singer and actress
- Po-Shen Loh, class of 2000; mathematician and IMO coach
- Wesley Matthews, class of 2005; NBA guard[28]
- Jeronne Maymon (born 1991), former basketball player for Hapoel Eilat B.C. of the Israeli Basketball Premier League[29]
- Keaton Nankivil, class of 2007; Basketball player former basketball player for the Wisconsin Badgers and currently playing basketball in Italy professionally
- Robert Songolo Ngijol, basketball player[30]
- Jay Norvell, former NFL linebacker[31]
- Jeffrey C. Sprecher, class of 1974; founder and CEO of IntercontinentalExchange
- Sherri Steinhauer, former pro golfer
- Saahil "UNiVeRsE" Arora, class of 2008; professional Dota 2 player for Evil Geniuses[32]
References
- "Search for Public Schools - Memorial High (550852000937)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
- "School profile". Archived from the original on February 1, 2005. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
- https://planetarium.madison.k12.wi.us/gen.htm
- Lackney, Jeffrey (July 6, 2001). "Forming Small Learning Communities: Implementing Neighborhoods in Existing High Schools". Archived from the original on December 9, 2002. Retrieved November 1, 2009.
- https://jmm.madison.k12.wi.us/spartan-athletics
- http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Basketball_Boys/2005/d1game7.htm
- http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Basketball_Boys/2009/d1game7.htm
- http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Basketball_Boys/2011/d1game3.htm
- 2019 State Cross Country Meet Souvenir Program. Wisconsin Rapids, WI: Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. November 2, 2019. p. 26.
- http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Boys_Soccer/2006/d1game7.htm
- http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Swim_Boys/2005/d1stateteamresults.htm
- http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Swim_Boys/2006/d1stateteamresults.htm
- http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Swim_Boys/2007/d1stateteamresults.htm
- http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Swim_Boys/2009/d1stateteamresults.htm
- http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Swim_Boys/2011/d1stateteamresults.htm
- http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Swim_Boys/2012/d1stateteamresults.htm
- http://www.wiaawi.org//Portals/0/PDF/Results/Swim_Boys/2013/d1stateteamresults.htm
- http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Swim_Boys/2014/d1stateteamresults.htm
- http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Swim_Boys/2015/d1stateteamresults.htm
- http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Swim_Boys/2016/d1stateteamresults.pdf
- http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Swim_Girls/1999/d1stateresults.txt
- http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Swim_Girls/2000/d1stateresults.txt
- http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Swim_Girls/2001/d1stateresults.txt
- http://www.wiaawi.org/Portals/0/PDF/Results/Track/2003/girlsstate.htm
- "Bill Foster". NNDB. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- http://isthmus.com/music/hometown-hero-ari-herstand-solo-show-book/
- Borzi, Pat (2010-01-25). "The U.S. Women's Hockey Team Is Not as Battle-Tested as It Intended". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
- "Wesley Matthews". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
- Robert Songolo Ngijol
- https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/jay-norvell--fired-from-oklahoma--becomes-new-wr-coach-at-texas-032630802.html
- Moe, Doug (May 3, 2015). "doug-moe-in-video-gaming-art-and-life-intersect". Madison.com. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
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